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insular heights

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ID 464316 Last modified 13.09.2019
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Domain glacial landforms
insular heights
  • isoleeritud saarekujulise paigutuse ja aluspõhjalise tuumaga kõrgustikud Ida-Euroopa lauskmaal
  • insular like uplands on East European Plain with bedrock plinth, c 100m of relative height and altitude up to 300 m, being some thousands of square km in area. Are devided as plinth type uplands of glacial erosion having thin (5-10m) sedimentary cover and slightly rolling topography (Pandivere, Isuri etc) and accumulative insular heights with thick (ut to two hundred m) sedimentary cover containing several till beds and having hummocky topography (Otepää, Haanja, Luga etc).
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  • Paari tuhande ruutkilomeetri suurused, suhteline kõrgus u 100m ja absoluutkõrgus isegi üle 300 m. Jagunevad õhukese pinnakatte (5-10 m) ja lainja reljeefiga aluspõhjalised saarkõrgustikud (Pandivere; Isuri jt) ning paksu pinnakatte (150-200 m) ja künkliku moreenreljeefiga akumulatiivsed saarkõrgustikud (Otepää, Haanja, Luga jt.).
insular heights

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